We have what is known as a "gas tax" and we also have toll roads. The toll roads are just there to give people road rage!
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Newton Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Really neat computer application to read license plates Michael Hawksworth wrote: > You then also have all the spin off benefits... > > Insurance charged by mile/driving profile and crash analysis... > > Tolls by mile/driving profile... > > Auto shut-down of a stolen vehicle . > > Will be a long time before the liberal populace would go for this though > due to big brother fears. Insurance by the mile is one thing but tolls are quite another - the (toll) road/bridge is there and has to be maintained etc for my (potential/possible) use regardless of how little or much I actually choose to use it and I should expect to pay something for that regardless of how little I use it. I believe that economists would say that charges for such provision should be regressive, i.e it should get cheaper (per mile/per use) the more you use it. We already have tolls by driving profile (sort of, in the London Congestion Charge). [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
